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DIY in Pandemic Times: Design Leadership During COVID-19

DIY in Pandemic Times: Design Leadership During COVID-19 COVID-19 will have lasting impact upon our teaching method- DIY in Pandemic Times: ologies and learning outcomes, from primary school through higher education. For design schools specifically, this pandemic Design Leadership has reinforced the importance of collaborative design processes across multiple disciplines and modes of inquiry. In April 2020, During COVID-19 Phil Bernstein, an Associate Dean at Yale, stated: “As educators, we’re going to have to be super clear about why and how we are training the next generation of architects—and how they’re rel- evant in the post-pandemic world.” While he was addressing an uncertain employment climate for architects, his comments are relevant to broader discussions involving all design professions. In our case, COVID-19 provided an opportunity to put disciplin- ary, proprietary, and conventional academic design goals aside in order to meaningfully engage the needs of our community. In sharing our experiences, we hope to contribute to a conversation about what it means to rethink how we act as designers and how those actions might impact the way we teach in the future. UNC Charlotte’s story began as universities across the coun- try transitioned to remote learning in the spring of 2020 as the pandemic began to grip the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Technology Architecture + Design Taylor & Francis

DIY in Pandemic Times: Design Leadership During COVID-19

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DIY in Pandemic Times: Design Leadership During COVID-19

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COVID-19 will have lasting impact upon our teaching method- DIY in Pandemic Times: ologies and learning outcomes, from primary school through higher education. For design schools specifically, this pandemic Design Leadership has reinforced the importance of collaborative design processes across multiple disciplines and modes of inquiry. In April 2020, During COVID-19 Phil Bernstein, an Associate Dean at Yale, stated: “As educators, we’re going to have to be super clear about why...
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2020 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
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2475-143x
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2475-1448
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10.1080/24751448.2020.1804753
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COVID-19 will have lasting impact upon our teaching method- DIY in Pandemic Times: ologies and learning outcomes, from primary school through higher education. For design schools specifically, this pandemic Design Leadership has reinforced the importance of collaborative design processes across multiple disciplines and modes of inquiry. In April 2020, During COVID-19 Phil Bernstein, an Associate Dean at Yale, stated: “As educators, we’re going to have to be super clear about why and how we are training the next generation of architects—and how they’re rel- evant in the post-pandemic world.” While he was addressing an uncertain employment climate for architects, his comments are relevant to broader discussions involving all design professions. In our case, COVID-19 provided an opportunity to put disciplin- ary, proprietary, and conventional academic design goals aside in order to meaningfully engage the needs of our community. In sharing our experiences, we hope to contribute to a conversation about what it means to rethink how we act as designers and how those actions might impact the way we teach in the future. UNC Charlotte’s story began as universities across the coun- try transitioned to remote learning in the spring of 2020 as the pandemic began to grip the

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Technology Architecture + Design – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jul 2, 2020

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